As Granite Falls' 425-acre mine aims to expand, neighbors have questions
GRANITE FALLS — A gravel mine that has operated for almost 25 years in Snohomish County is seeking to expand by 56 acres. Some neighbors have questions about truck traffic, noise and impacts to well water.
Cadman operates the 425-acre sand, gravel and crushed stone mine off Mountain Loop Highway northeast of Granite Falls, outside city limits.
Last week, machines sorted rocks by size into piles. A truck fed large stones into the “jaw crusher” to break them up. The materials will be used for roads, railroads and other construction projects, explained Eric Parthemore, Cadman’s aggregates operations manager.
Parthemore drove to a vantage point overlooking Cadman’s 205-foot-deep quarry, where the company mines bedrock tens of millions of years old. Trucks scooped up broken rocks on 40-foot-tall platforms called “benches.”
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